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Don Lemon Has Meltdown, Is ‘Apoplectic’ and Wants to Sue Variety over Sexism Allegations
SLAY ^ | David HawkinsApril 6, 2023 - 3:21 pm

Posted on 04/06/2023 1:00:56 PM PDT by Red Badger

Don Lemon is reportedly having a meltdown over a Variety story that accuses him of repeated sexism and anti-women behavior.

And according to Insider, Lemon is “apoplectic” and has consulted attorneys about a lawsuit against Variety.

Sources told Insider: “It’s another sh*t show.

“Everyone knows the a.m. show is a problem.

“His behavior has hurt the show since it launched.

“The stench won’t go away.

“Variety is the latest example of that. I assume he’d be out.”

“Chris Licht is standing behind him.

“The alternative is paying him out and paying somebody else. It’s not worth it.

“Unless this turns into something and the press stays on it.”

A CNN spokesperson told Insider, “The Variety story provides no actual proof, and instead relies on anonymous sources and unsubstantiated claims from 10 to 15 years ago.

“CNN is unable to corroborate the alleged accounts.”

Lemon issued a statement saying: “The story, which is riddled with patently false anecdotes and no concrete evidence, is entirely brd on unsourced, unsubstantiated, 15-year-old anonymous gossip.

“It’s amazing and disappointing that Variety would be so reckless.”

Variety published a long article detailing Lemon’s many issues, as Slay News reported.

One source told Variety: “She thinks he’s an ass, he was always rude, dismissive, and really unfamiliar with the content being discussed.”

Another said: “That was the beginning of when you knew that Don was kind of volatile and didn’t say good things about women.”

Another said: “I saw a new Don emerging, and I didn’t like the new Don. He likes celebrity.

“He likes fame, likes power. He was no longer the same person.”

Lemon also annoyed coworkers by acting like a diva, name-dropping, and not following the rules.

“That led to a come-to-Jesus moment,” a former executive said.

“Don was told, ‘Look, you’ve got to address your behavior. Your performance as a reporter is great. It’s your behavior that’s gotta improve. It’s what’s going to derail you if you’re not careful.’”

Variety reported:

One night while dining with members of the news team, she received the first of two threatening text messages from an unknown number on her flip phone that warned, “Now you’ve crossed the line, and you’re going to pay for it.”

Phillips was visibly rattled and quickly enlisted CNN’s higher ups to identify the sender. Remarkably, the texts were traced back to Lemon, according to those same sources.

More troubling was his misogynistic behavior, multiple sources say.

Lemon called one of his producers fat to her face.

Not long before he was identified as sending threatening texts to Phillips, he mocked Grace on air by mimicking her, shocking fellow colleagues.

A CNN spokesperson said about one accusation leveled in the article, “Don, Soledad, and others have in the past correctly referred to her Afro-Cuban heritage as it is a unique part of her personal story.

“But Don denies making any related remark in a derogatory way.”

Goldie Taylor, a former CNN consultant who said she was blacklisted for calling out Lemon, said:

“I’m never surprised when Don gets in trouble.

“It makes me neither happy nor sad to see him undermine his own success.

“There was a time when it appeared that Black people were most often the subject of his ire.

“Now, it seems to me that when he says something offensive, there’s almost always a woman on the other side.”


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Society; TV/Movies
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1 posted on 04/06/2023 1:00:56 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Oh, Boo-Hoo.


2 posted on 04/06/2023 1:02:04 PM PDT by Reno89519 (I stand with Trump Against Political Persecution. As DeSantis Says, It Is Un-American.)
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To: Red Badger

That time of the month.


3 posted on 04/06/2023 1:04:23 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Red Badger

“It’s amazing and disappointing that Variety would be so reckless.”

BWAHAHAHA

Says the “news” organization that leaked questions to a Candidate prior to a debate.

Says the “news” organization that LIED about Russian interference in 2016

Says the “news” organization that LIED about Biden’s laptop

Says the “news” organization that lies every time it opens its mouth...


4 posted on 04/06/2023 1:04:50 PM PDT by HamiltonJay
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To: Red Badger

I bet he is glad that group of angry parents that chased him out of the park last month for filming the little boys playing soccer, aren’t going public.


5 posted on 04/06/2023 1:07:33 PM PDT by eyeamok
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To: Red Badger

He is “Black ‘Hole #3”


6 posted on 04/06/2023 1:11:32 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: eyeamok

Yikes! I missed that one!


7 posted on 04/06/2023 1:11:57 PM PDT by RushIsMyTeddyBear
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To: Red Badger

Anti women behavior? Suppose they said something negative about the nike/bud entity. Oh my!


8 posted on 04/06/2023 1:13:22 PM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: MtnClimber

Black Ho?...............................


9 posted on 04/06/2023 1:13:36 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Nothing better than watching a gay social justice warrior get social justiced out of existence, when 100% conformity is demanded those who don’t measure up are cast away, Don Lemon has be cast away


10 posted on 04/06/2023 1:13:50 PM PDT by srmanuel ( )
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To: eyeamok

WOW, I didn’t know that! When??.....................


11 posted on 04/06/2023 1:14:22 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: srmanuel

He’s a two-fer on their ‘Diversity’ scale, so he’s untouchable................


12 posted on 04/06/2023 1:15:08 PM PDT by Red Badger (Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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To: Red Badger

Fag fit.

It does not get it’s way and the screeching begins.

.


13 posted on 04/06/2023 1:16:51 PM PDT by TLI (ITINERIS IMPENDEO VALHALLA)
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To: Red Badger

Faggots hate women. CNN needs to keep this freak and ad some more.


14 posted on 04/06/2023 1:18:48 PM PDT by ConservativeInPA ("How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked. "Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly." )
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To: Red Badger

If life hands you lemons...


15 posted on 04/06/2023 1:20:15 PM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Red Badger

So Gay. So Gay.
LOL!!


16 posted on 04/06/2023 1:21:43 PM PDT by MotorCityBuck (Keep the change, you filthy animal! )
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To: ConservativeInPA

“The stench won’t go away”

Smells like poo.


17 posted on 04/06/2023 1:22:20 PM PDT by Leep (Hillary will NEVER be president! 😁)
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To: Red Badger

“CNN spokesperson told Insider, “The Variety story provides no actual proof, and instead relies on anonymous sources and unsubstantiated claims from 10 to 15 years ago.”

Gee, this type of innuendo was good enough to impeach and indict Trump, why bring in actual journalist standards now🙄🙄🙄


18 posted on 04/06/2023 1:26:44 PM PDT by RedMonqey ("A republic, if you can keep it" Benjamin Franklin.)
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To: Red Badger
Lemon is “apoplectic”

Take a Midol, change your tampon. That should help.

19 posted on 04/06/2023 1:27:53 PM PDT by Islander7 (There is no septic system so vile, so filthy, the left won't drink from to further their agenda.)
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To: Red Badger

Pussywillow


20 posted on 04/06/2023 1:50:48 PM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dreams)
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